Rail-joint.



H. C. SANDUSKY.

' RAIL JOINT. APPLgbATIoH FILED .umA 1a. 19m.

899,l90. Y Patented sept. 22, 199s.

UNTED STATES PATEXT GFFIUE HARRY C. SANDUSKY, Ol"

X EWCA STLE, iN DIANA RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patient.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application led August 13, 1907. Serial No. 358.409.

To all 'whom it may conferir.'

Be it known that l, HARRY C. SAzvmsKr,

citizcn of tlm United Sta-tes, residin y at Newcastle, in thcl county of Henry and Stato of holil the riiil @nds rigidly in alineniont with each other, thoreliy prf-venting iii@ cxtronn- 1 ties oll the mils from becoming battered und eliminating to a great cxtenrtlie nois'.l und jar incidentto the passage of rolling stock over the joint..

A further ohjctft ol tha invention is to de.- sign n rail joint whirzh peculiari? formed so that Ille clai'nping members will rail ends securely in position rcgarillcss ot whether or not the bolts have worked loose.

The invention also contomplates a joint construction which will sav@ considvrnlile time and labor in railroad construction work since attcr the. joint device has been placed in position the worl: train can pass over the same und the bolts can lic. inserted afterwards Without any inconvenience.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire s ltnoivlenge of the details oi consti-"notion rfind the. means for effecting thi2 result, reference is to lne had to thc. following description und accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is n persyective View of u mil jointl embodying thc invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional ricw through the sume. i

Fig. 3 is a similar View shoi g the wings swung outwardlv into the position assumed when applyingr the joint device to the rails.

'Corresponding and like parts are ret'prrizd to in the following descrip-tim and indicatori in all the views of the. drs-wings l` v the ssmrreference characters.

Specifically d.-s=:ribing the prost-nt embodixncnt ol the invention the. numeral 1 ilesiffs na tes the lmsn nlnte which lits under the rails 2 and provided long its opposite longitudinal edges with the n turned portions 3 formed with the inward y facing grooves or sockets 4. it may alsolie observed that the upper face of the has@ plat` 1 is inclined contrai purl-ion thereof as indicated at A pfui' ofwings 6 are lnnff'od to opposite edges of the base plato and engage the opposite I fcrrcd construction the mouths sides of tho rails Each of these wings 6 is formed along one of its longitudinal edges with un enlargement or rih 7 fitting loosely within the respectivo sockets 4. ln the preof t-no sind sockets 4 :tre or' less width than the sockets themselves and the. rilis lit attcurstely Within fiile st rclicts, 'thereby holding the Wings rigging-t littoral displacement und ncessitating that the. saine lie piizced in position by sliding tho enlargement 7 into the sockets 4 from one nd of the lios-@pluto l. Bauhof tlicse wings 6 comprises mi arm 8 designed to tit under the mils 2 and :in firm 9 lsigned to engage a side of the rails 2. It. will be observcd that these arms Q are cach formed with an approximately horizont-al portion designed to init over the lnisztl flange of the Fig. 3.

rails, and an approxinmtelv vertical portion designed to [it against thv web portion of the mils'. Wliin applying thc joint the baise plato l is plucrd in position upon the tios and the will 'rs 6 swung outwardly :is indicated in The rails .2 aro than moved downwardly into position, the. basal flanges ofthe rails enteringtiie recess between the two arms of each 'of the. Wings. As the rails 2 nro lowered into position the arms 8 of the wings swin downwardly against the inclined tacos of tno bass l while the arms 9 move inwardly againstopposite sides of the rails. in order to prt-vent binding of the various members when tlns ap lying the `iointl depre ions l() are torni-ed in the horizontal portions of the srnis 9:, the said depressions g constituting n clearance. space for the basal llangcs of the rails 2. it will also be observed that the ripper face of auch of the arms 8 is formed with a slight depression 11," this construction resulting in causing the rails to press-dmvnivardlv upon the extremities of thc arms S find thereby swinging the wings 6 inwardly into a secure Qngugmncnt with the opposite'siiies of the rails. The usual bolt-s 1:2 muy he utilixcd for holding the two wir Us 6 in an operative position. but itY will ne rca ily apparent that any weight applied to the rails will tend to inovo tht` .vings inwardly and hold the rails rigidi)r in alinement with @zich other regardless of whether or not the bolts are. tight. Corresponding openings are formed in the buse plate. 1 und in the wings 6 downwardly m opposite directions from the* through which the s ikes I3 are driven by means of which the c 'ice is scoured to the ties, the said spikes also serving to hold the wings in position.

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lt will lnpm'tivnlsirly noted that thv lmsu nl' thv winvs wnipx'ising n pairnl' ul'xns une uf wlnrh is ilf'xlgnud to rest umn thc vorrenl my iniprm'od mil juint will sin-ve ns :t tivI plate. pzvfvnting thv mils from cutting into nti tips.'

Having thus di'htcrilwd th(- invon'tinn, what is Vlninwd its. m-w is:

i luist* und tu lit under th(l mils whileI thex uppnl viewl hnvin; thv nwnths thvrvul mntrm'tml,

smlwts lint hvld :igzxinst hiltl'ul displm-f-nwnt spunding downwardly inclina pin-tion nl' the sito :mn is dfsignml to engage n sido 0l the mils. l. ln :t mil junit, tlw minlnnntlnn of :ij

it. In :i mil joint, thv 'mnhiinition of a lmsv, :1nd wings hinged tu uppositv sides of thu husv, vlnh of th(` wings comprising :in :mn dfsigm-d to litnndvr th(` mils :md l'ininod with a doprvssinn tending to cause th(l wvight nl' thu mils to lwnl' against thv 0xtrvniitivs of the said :t1-m, :1nd :i svcnnd arm designed to engage the, sidvs nf the mils.

ln txzstilnnny whereof l ntlix my signature imnn' c. sum'sin. h..

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JnF. BERTRAND, (TIL-xs. B. Tnmwsnx. 

